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September 27, 2007 / Columns

Random Reflections

A beautiful 'orphan' set to be born

Tom Claridge

Having received some good news from Keith McNenly, the Town of Mono's Clerk/CAO, I decided to venture out on a Sunday afternoon for a first-hand look at the trail-in-making between the Hockley Road and the little-known, seldom seen north dam of Isl More...

Heart to Heart

The Doormat

Eric Nagler

This was sent in from a reader. Anyone ever feel like a doormat? You know: the kind people walk on, wipe their feet on and take for granted? I'm sitting here this morning with a big awareness that I've been a doormat. More...

Gordon Kirkland At Large

It's Time To Say So Long

To paraphrase Dr. Seuss, The time has time. The time is now. After 13 years, I'm going to go now. The first time this column appeared in a newspaper was on August 27, 1994. Today is the last. More...

Christian Perspectives

Faith-based education

Rev. Barbara Hammond

Last spring, the Orangeville and District Ministerial Association decided to offer a scholarship or prize to a student in each of our Orangeville high schools to recognize their proficiency in the study of religion. More...

National Affairs

Ignoring Caledonia will not make things right

Claire Hoy

Well, what do you know? Until this week, it seemed we were going to get through four weeks of intensive political campaigning for the Oct. More...

Queen's Park

Provincial election has few laughs

Eric Dowd

Someone tried to inject a spot of humour into the staid Ontario Oct. 10 election the other day and was threatened with a punch in the nose, and this may be another reason humour has almost disappeared from provincial politics. More...

Angles 'n' Attitudes

Sukkoth & Vincent

William Bothwell

Sometimes the date of publication determines the topic for a once-a-week column. That is the case today. In the Jewish calendar this is the 15th day of the month Tishri, the Feast of Tabernacles (or Booths). More...

Dipping Into the Past

Engineer, conductor of wrecked CPR train both facing charges

100 YEARS AGO Thursday, September 26, 1907 • George Hodge and Matthew Grimes, engineer and conductor of the train that was wrecked at the Horseshoe Curve in Caledon on September 2, for whose arrests on charges of criminal negligence warra More...